Richard Neal decided to ride out the storm in a former Coast Guard tower off the coast of North Carolina.
The Latest on Hurricane Matthew
Surge in Cholera Cases Feared in Haiti in Aftermath of Hurricane
Matthew As the Haitian government and international aid groups work to
determine the immediate toll in death and destruction from Hurricane
Matthew, health care experts are worried the storm may have given rise
to another less obvious threat -- a cholera epidemic. The Pan American
Health Organization said it is preparing for a possible surge in cholera
cases in Haiti over the next several months. "Due to massive flooding
and its impact on water and sanitation infrastructure, cholera cases are
expected to surge.
Hurricane Matthew and through the normal rainy
season until the start of 2017."
Millions of residents in the southeast U.S.
remain under evacuation orders as the western eye wall of Hurricane
Matthew brushed Florida's coast on Friday. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has
warned people in evacuation zones that "this storm could kill you." The
weather system, which was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as of 9
a.m. ET Saturday, left behind a trail of destruction in the Bahamas and
the Caribbean. Here is the latest as the storm barrels through Northeast
Florida and heads toward Georgia and South Carolina.